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BALTIMORE (AP) — DaMarcus Beasley was content with his December decision to retire from the U.S. national team. "I have a 16-month-old daughter now, Lia, and I wanted to watch her grow," the 33-year-old defender said. "If I had went to that January camp, if I wouldn't have retired, I would have missed her first steps. And those are things that I didn't want to miss." Now he's back with the Americans, who play Jamaica on Wednesday in Atlanta for a berth in the CONCACAF Gold Cup final. U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann called him last month, when the U.S. was in Europe for exhibitions at the Netherlands and Germany. "He left me voice mail. I...

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